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9/11Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 Restored
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- Publication date
- 1941-08-07
- Usage
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Topics
- Death, Second Chance, Reincarnation, Plane Chrash
- Publisher
- Columbia Pictures
- Language
- English
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
- Item Size
- 2.0G
Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a 1941 American romantic comedy film about a boxer who is taken to heaven before his time and is given a second chance at life. The movie was directed by Alexander Hall and stars Robert Montgomery as the boxer, Joe Pendleton, and Claude Rains as Mr. Jordan, an angel who tries to help Joe get back to earth.
The movie begins with Joe Pendleton on the verge of winning the championship when he is involved in a plane accident and mistakenly taken to heaven by an officious angel. In heaven, Joe learns that he was supposed to die 50 years later and that he needs to return to earth. However, there is no body available for him to inhabit, so Mr. Jordan arranges for Joe to take over the body of a corrupt banker who is about to be murdered.
Joe is initially reluctant to take over the body of the banker, but he eventually agrees. He then sets out to make a new life for himself, but he soon finds that it is not as easy as it seems. He has to deal with the banker's family and friends, as well as the fact that he is still in love with his former girlfriend.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a lighthearted and funny film that deals with the themes of life, death, and second chances. The movie was a critical and commercial success, and it has since become a classic. It has been remade twice, once in 1957 as Down to Earth and again in 2001 as Heaven Can Wait.
Credits
Robert Montgomery as Joe Pendleton
Evelyn Keyes as Bette Logan
Claude Rains as Mr. Jordan
Rita Johnson as Julia Farnsworth
Edward Everett Horton as Messenger 7013
James Gleason as Max "Pop" Corkle
John Emery as Tony Abbott
Donald MacBride as Insp. Williams
Don Costello as Lefty
Halliwell Hobbes as Sisk
Benny Rubin as "Bugsy" (the handler)
Lloyd Bridges as Mr. Sloan, the co-pilot
Eddie Bruce as reporter
John Ince as bill collector
Bert Young as taxi driver
Warren Ashe as Charlie
Ken Christy as plainclothesman
Chester Conklin as newsboy
Joseph Crehan as Doctor
Mary Currier as Secretary
Edmund Elton as elderly man
Tom Hanlon as announcer
Bobby Larson as "Chips"
Heinie Conklin as reporter (uncredited)
